Autobase Tau ~ Perimeter>>Big and ugly eh? That describes about 95% of the Decepticon army. Thanks for the info Chase, keep in touch and make your way to my location as soon as you can<< Roadbuster replied to the Throttlebot Scout, as
Searchlight and
Freeway talked amongst themselves, and to the Wrecker "
Freeway's right
Searchlight, we've got to do what we can to hold the 'Cons off while the injured make for Iacon, buy them as much time as we can..."
Roadbuster was cut off as
Ultra Magnus' radio message came through
"We're gonna cut and run?" The Wrecker asked himself as he spotted the 3 Stunticons
Wildrider,
Drag Strip and
Breakdown crowded round what looked to be a fallen Autobot. "OK, I don't know about you 2, but there's no way I'm falling back to base after only just arriving, so here's what I propose. There's 3 Stunticons down there, and there's 3 of us, should be a piece of cake..." Roadbuster paused as he tried to recall where he'd heard that term before "..Any objections?"
"I'm too close.." Jedishen thought to himself as he saw
Scorponok and
Quake open fire at
Ultra Magnus "..There's no cover either" The realisation that he was right in the firing line of both attacks all too clear. The order to fall back reached him, but he had no time to react, all he could do was pull his arms up to shield his face and brace himself for the impact.
There was a strange moment of silence, where the Scout was expecting to get hit, but no such incident came about. There was a bright flash, quickly followed by multiple explosions, and then a thick veil of smoke enveloped the area, cutting visibility to a matter of feet. Slowly dropping his arms down, Jedishen could just make out the figure of
Ultra Magnus ahead of him, the City Commander standing tall in the face of the Decepticon assault.
He knew he had to fall back, he didn't want to, but he knew he had to. Taking one last look towards his leader, Jedishen turned and began heading back towards the tunnel he had only just exited, shouting to those around him to do the same.
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Incoming Message from Iacon Trailbreaker to Ultra Magnus, the majority of the injured have made it to Iacon Magnus, the rest are not far off. Don't put yourself in any more danger, you've achieved what you set out to do, so get your aft out of there and down into the tunnels ASAP, Trailbreaker out.